Regulation 7A Category B retirement pension for surviving spouses and surviving civil partners by virtue of deceased spouse’s or deceased civil partner's contributionsF1F4F5

the pensioner’s failure to make, or his delay in making, a claim for that widowed parent’s allowance or bereavement allowance;

the operation of section 113 of the 1992 Act (disqualification and suspension) or section 73 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (overlapping benefits) or any regulations made under either of those sections, except for the operation of section 113(1)(a) of the 1992 Act (absence from Great Britain);

the operation of any provision of the 1992 Act or any regulations made under the 1992 Act, disqualifying the pensioner from receipt of that widowed parent’s allowance or bereavement allowance for any period except for the operation of the said section 113(1)(a);

the pensioner’s having attained pensionable age;

the pensioner’s having remarried F2or formed a civil partnership.

in the case of a pensioner treated as being entitled to widowed parent’s allowance immediately before attaining pensionable age in consequence of the death of his or her spouse F3or civil partner, be that specified in section 48BB(2) of the 1992 Act;

in the case of a pensioner treated as being entitled to—

be that specified in section 48BB(5) and (6) of the 1992 Act as the case may be.